Salt & Vinegar Fried Pork Skins

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Mac's Salt & Vinegar Fried Pork Skins scores 68/100 on Tallow — our okay band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 7g protein and 0g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Mac's Salt & Vinegar Fried Pork Skins lists 7 ingredients, starting with Fried Pork Skins, Salt, Maltodextrin, Malic Acid and Vinegar Powder. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

80 kcal per serving, or 571 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Mac's Salt & Vinegar Fried Pork Skins on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 68/100 Mac's Salt & Vinegar Fried Pork Skins lands mid-scale — below the typical score in fresh meat, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in fresh meat is Simply Nature Organic 100% Grass Fed Ground Beef 85% Lean 15% Fat at 100/100.